New diesel-powered speedboat record of 277.5km/h
Fabio Buzzi uses 1700hp agricultural engine to reach new fastest diesel powerboat recordPowerboat racing world-champion Fabio Buzzi has set the fastest speed on water using a diesel engine — 277.5km/h, some 25.5km/h more than the previous record, and using an unconventional engine at that.
The aptly named Buzzi employed a hull engineered by FB Design, the company for which he is CEO, with custom engine developed by FPT Industrial.
Working together on the new engine, FPT Industrial and FB Design converted a Cursor 16L, generally used in agriculture applications, into a marine engine capable of generating more than 1700hp.
The record, certified by Guinness World Records this week, was set on Wednesday March 7, 2018. on Lake Como, Italy.
It is, of course, well shy of the 511km/h water-speed record set by Ken Warby on Blowering Dam on October 8, 1978. But it's a big number for an 'oil burner' on water.
The powertrain brand of CNH Industrial, FPT Industrial says its mission has always been to promote innovation in the field of racing in the pursuit of solutions and results that can be subsequently applied to mass-production engines.
Meantime, Warby's son David is currently in preparations to challenge his Dad's water-speed record.
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